Hallada una miniproteína que alerta a las bacterias en situaciones de estrés y contribuye a su supervivencia

by CSIC - Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

7 years ago
bacteria, macrocomplejo, proteínas, síntesis, Listeria monocytogenes

Facilita el anclaje a la membrana del estresosoma de la bacteria, un macrocomplejo que alerta a modo de antena. El descubrimiento, con participación del CSIC, se ha llevado a cabo mediante la identif...

Doubts raised about the effectiveness of methods to control bacteria responsible for hospital infections

by Universidad del País Vasco

7 years ago
bacteria, hospital infections, disinfection, Acinetobacter baumannii

According to a study by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country, bacteria can survive more than 30 days on walls, surfaces and hospital materials

Changes to mitochondrial metabolism allow the immune system to adapt to infection

by Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares - CNIC

8 years ago
immune system, metabolism of mitochondria, bacteria, vaccines

The enzymes that enable bacteria to make themselves at home

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

8 years ago
bacteria, chronic infections, enzymes, biofilm, antibacterial drugs

IBEC researchers have come a step closer to understanding how bacteria can cause chronic infections by identifying the key enzymes that allow them to create the right conditions for infection. Their f...

Horizontal genetic inheritance, a mechanism that promotes genetic diversity in bacteria

by Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB)

8 years ago
molecular mechanism, bacteria, genome

Researchers at the Centro Nacional de Biotecnología of the CSIC (CNB-CSIC) have published a study in the journal Nucleic Acids Research that sheds light on the molecular mechanism used by bacteria to...

Discovery of mechanism that enables bacteria to elude antibiotics

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

8 years ago
bacteria, antibiotics

Researchers from UAB describe for the first time, in a work published in PLOS ONE, a model of behaviour of a bacterial colony that shows how the colony protects itself against toxic substances, like a...

Xylella fastidiosa, una potencial amenaza para muchos cultivos

by IRTA

9 years ago
Xylella fastidiosa, bacteria, infección, cultivos

Desde el año 2002, el IRTA, a través de los investigadores del programa de Protección Vegetal Sostenible, ha realizado la prospección en cultivos de vid y frutales de cinco Comunidades Autónomas ...

The bacterial origin of neuron communication is discovered

by UPF - Universitat Pompeu Fabra

9 years ago
nervous system, neurons, bacteria, ion channels, cell communication

The research by García Ojalvo and Süel has revealed that bacteria use ion channels to communicate when they find themselves in danger due, for example, to a lack of nutrients. This happens frequentl...

CiQUS researchers develop a compound that reduces bacterial virulence

by Center for Research in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials

9 years ago
bacterial virulence, bacteria

In a research article recently published by the prestigious American journal, Journal of American Chemical Society researchers describe the development of a new compound that is able to put the brakes...